Limoges Family History
Limoges Name Meaning
habitational name from the southern city of Limoges
(Haute-Vienne), or various other places so named.According
to Debrabandere, this is also a nickname from Old French
limoge, ‘pheasant’, or perhaps a metonymic occupational name
for a poulterer.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Limoges
Name Distribution of Limoges Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Limoges census records
You can use census records and voter lists to see where families with the Limoges surname lived over the years.
While the questions in census records vary from place to place, and year to year, you can generally find information like name of household members, ages, birthplaces, residences, occupations, etc.
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Limoges Family Origin
Limoges Emigration Information (US)
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You can find out when most of the Limoges families immigrated
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Emigration records can tell you an ancestor's name, ship name, port of departure,
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Limoges Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Limoges census records
Census records can offer a lot of little known facts about your Limoges ancestors, such as occupation.
Occupation can tell you about your ancestors' social status and economic status.
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Military Service by Limoges
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